Deceased

/dɪˈsiːst/ · adjective

Meaning

No longer alive; dead..

Definitions by Sense

1. No longer alive; dead.
2. Belonging to the dead.
3. (law) One who has died.
4. (hyperbolic) Overwhelmed to the point of being figuratively dead.
5. (euphemistic) Synonym of dead (“those who have died”).
6. (law) One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used in US English. In criminal law, “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide.

Example Sentences

Publicity handouts from Dick's long-deceased record label would have us believe that he was born in Cleveland in 1952.

The executor's commission for winding up the deceased estate was 3.5%.

You look so good, I'm deceased!

I am deceased, my nuts have been busted.

"So that's it? We're not going to talk anymore? I won't see you?" she asks through tears. "Oh, you'll see me," Deborah replies. "In court!" (OUCH.) Deborah walks away. And I am deceased.

The deceased was interred in his local churchyard.

a memorial to the deceased of two World Wars

Deceased had already made a will in his favour before her marriage, but—and Mr. Philips wagged an expressive forefinger—the prisoner was not aware of that. What had induced the deceased to make a fresh will, with the old one still extant, he could not say.

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• deceased
• deceaseds

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